Tag Archives: Anti-Defamation League

“You never get into a political discussion unless you bring the word ‘Hitler’ in. You have to have ‘Hitler,’ so let’s put ‘Hitler’ out there. Here’s ‘Hitler.’” That was Rob Reiner on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher – and … Continue reading →

Mark Twain may have once quipped that Wagner’s music is much better than it sounds. And maybe that’s so. The visuals can be distracting – very large women with the metal breastplates and the iron bullet hats with the horns. … Continue reading →

The last trip to France was more than eight or nine years ago – two weeks in Paris in December in the cold rain, as the quiet solitary observer. Kicking around on your own, left to your own devices, is … Continue reading →

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